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Subject: Re: RFC: Portability should be a higher priority for Guix (was Re:
	01/01: build-system/meson: Really skip the 'fix-runpath' phase on
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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 21:40:18 +0200
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To: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de>
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Hello,

On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 11:04:31AM +0200, Jonathan Brielmaier wrote:
> I just want to bring POWER up as a freedom-respecting architecture.
> Especially the TalosII from RaptorCS[0]. I know that guix does not work
> on ppc64le yet, but I'm working for it :) They tend to be quite
> expensive, but you get a decent performance on compiling and packing[1].

this is indeed an exciting architecture. Vikings had a machine on display
at their FOSDEM table earlier this year. But the price is still quite
steep, if you know anybody who would sponsor a machine...

Andreas